John Newton
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John Newton was an 18th-century English Anglican clergyman, former slave ship captain turned abolitionist, best known as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Newton canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T532886 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: John Newton Context triple: [William Wilberforce, influencedBy, John Newton]
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John Wesley
John Wesley was an 18th-century Anglican cleric and theologian who founded Methodism and became a central figure in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity.
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John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith was an English composer best known for writing the melody that later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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C.
George Whitefield
George Whitefield was an 18th-century Anglican preacher and key figure of the First Great Awakening, renowned for his powerful oratory and pioneering role in the spread of evangelical Christianity in Britain and the American colonies.
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D.
Wesley
Wesley is a masculine given name of English origin, traditionally used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American theologian and preacher, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and one of the most influential thinkers in the Reformed Protestant tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: John Newton Target entity description: John Newton was an 18th-century English Anglican clergyman, former slave ship captain turned abolitionist, best known as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace."
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A.
John Wesley
John Wesley was an 18th-century Anglican cleric and theologian who founded Methodism and became a central figure in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity.
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B.
John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith was an English composer best known for writing the melody that later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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C.
George Whitefield
George Whitefield was an 18th-century Anglican preacher and key figure of the First Great Awakening, renowned for his powerful oratory and pioneering role in the spread of evangelical Christianity in Britain and the American colonies.
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D.
Wesley
Wesley is a masculine given name of English origin, traditionally used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American theologian and preacher, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and one of the most influential thinkers in the Reformed Protestant tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican priest
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Christian hymnwriter ⓘ abolitionist ⓘ former slave ship captain ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | William Cowper ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | slave trader ⓘ |
| convertedTo | evangelical Christianity ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1725-07-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1807-12-21 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Newton ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian hymnody
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abolition of the slave trade ⓘ pastoral ministry ⓘ |
| genre | Christian hymn ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasPart | spiritual autobiography in his writings ⓘ |
| influenced | William Wilberforce ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| movement | abolitionism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
campaigning against the slave trade
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conversion from slave trader to Christian minister ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Amazing Grace
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Olney Hymns ⓘ |
| occupation |
Anglican clergyman
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hymnwriter ⓘ slave ship captain ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Wapping ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Anglican curate
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Anglican rector ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Catlett ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographies about John Newton ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Olney ⓘ
surface form:
Olney, Buckinghamshire
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| wrote |
Amazing Grace
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Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade ⓘ |
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Subject: John Newton Description of subject: John Newton was an 18th-century English Anglican clergyman, former slave ship captain turned abolitionist, best known as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace."
Referenced by (14)
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